Overpopulation of urban areas has led to numerous problems. Identify one or two serious ones and suggest ways that governments and individuals can tackle these problems.

Getting cities overcrowded is one of the major issues faced by the modern world nowadays.
Although
serious problems have arisen because of
this
, there are solutions for
this
issue. Today majority of people are showing the tendency to live in urban areas either because of their work or because of the ease of access of different facilities which they are needed in day to day life.
However
,
such
tendency of humans has made most of the urban areas overpopulated and these led to many problems. One of the
first
problems is a scarcity of clean
water
, a large number of people are not getting good quality of
water
for their daily use, because of the poor
water
supply system and
also
it’s polluted by industries and other businesses around them. If the people are not getting safe
water
, it will lead to outbreak of epidemics and which is even worse. Another major issue is that not enough space to build proper houses. Since most of the areas in cities are occupied, it is really hard to build a new house or apartments, so
as a result
people have to share apartments or even rooms for higher rent.
For example
, in Mumbai, which is a metropolitan city in India, where two to three families are sharing one flat which is totally unimaginable. It is important, that
government
and individuals should take some initiatives to combat these problems. The
government
should implement new systems,
such
as installing rain barrels and
also
building new
water
filtering plants to provide hygienic
water
to people living in city areas. Individuals can
also
play a major role to overcome the issue of houses and apartments getting overcrowded, by moving and settling in rural areas and in that case
government
should help them by improving the public transportation facilities for their daily commute to and from urban areas.
For example
, most of the
first
world counties, have a well scheduled public transportation system that takes people from small towns to major locations of the state, for their work as well as for other needs. To conclude, people are moving to cities in seek of good life, but overpopulation has made it worse to live in urban areas.
However
, the right actions by the
government
and wise decisions of the individuals can definitely help to tackle these issues.
Submitted by nikhilps2008 on

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